The UK’s shadow attorney general, Emily Thornberry, has unveiled proposals aimed at increasing the resources available to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and introducing tougher criminal penalties. Ms Thornberry says the UK should strengthen its criminal penalty regime so it is “more in line with other jurisdictions”. Labour also advocated removing the directing act and will test for the attribution of liability to corporate entities. The document, Tackling Serious Fraud and White Collar Crime , has been drawn up in preparation for Labour’s 2015 manifesto and reflects the party’s desire to raise its profile in combating corruption in the UK.

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